I don't know, for example, a score system where 5 marks are given to your favourite album and 3 are given to The xx. Might this stop the phenomenon where everyone's lists are made of people's second favourite album. Or, even better, individual lists; rather than the canon-shaping DiS list, a conglomerate of Chris Power's top 10 electronic releases, Wendy Roby's top 10 singles etc. etc.

Records labels have probably got enough stickers to stick on their albums, saying ...'s 7th album of 2009, why bother playing that game if you/the Dis staff don't want to?

I love the way they defy all behavioural laws. E.g. if you're ever confronted with a list that seems to you to be horribly off the mark, you're likely to respond not just with a counter-list but with a massive rant about how wrong the original list is. BUT if you're confronted by a series of lists that, with some small degree of variation, strike you as horribly wrong, you just add your list to the list of lists and shuffle along.

you mean that I will relish every second of breaking each of the CDs in the abomination that is the Florence 4CD boxset, then yes. La Roux? Nah. If I want to listen to noise I'd rather listen to The Locust.

Nah, lotsa people seem to think I like that kinda thing because I released Martha and Metric, and am a fan of Feist, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Cut Copy, so I can see why you might think that but I like them because they're exceptional in their own right. I just find La Roux really grates on my ears and Florence is ok for what she is but her voice isn't all that and her live show is essentially her shouting whilst looking a bit uncomfortable. Plus co-written music by drama skool brats, rather than creations crafted by people who make music because they have to, not because they crave fame.

just search for the records and create a list, i've been looking them over. kinda more influenced by the inner sanctum who've been listening to records full-time but also by the volume of debate and love amongst our readers. it's very approx.

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-3 albums that is in every other sites top 10 i.e. MPP, WAF, Veck, The XX, etc...
-1 chillwave album that will make most people pissed. it will probably be number 2
-1 "folk" album, and i hate any folk so i have no ideas here

Animal Collective-MPP (If Wild Beasts is first instead ya'll are just being nationally biased, no way is their record anywhere near as good [and I actually like Two Dancers])
Raekwon-OB4CL2 (Probably won't be on the list at all because it's rap, DiS didn't even review it)
Fuck Buttons-Tarot Sport
Sunn O)))-Monoliths And Dimensions
Grizzly Bear-Veckatimest

It's not the only major thing we missed out on this year, we're probably going to try and round up a few things like this, Major Laser, maybe Doves. Um, that is assuming the reviews function is ever fixed.

Everyone seems to have forgotten about this record but it's one of the best released this year and I would see it as a dark horse. If sean isn't going to go for an 'obvious' choice I reckon Callahan could have a shot.

I've heard bits and pieces from almost all of the bands that constantly appear in these indie sites' end of year lists, but nothing has grabbed me. I think I'm going to dedicate my last emusic downloads of 09 to these records like Dirty Projectors and Grizzly Bear and The XX and Phoenix (if they're there).
My best of 09 top 5 would probaby go like:
Calories- Adventuring
Fever Ray-
Future of the Left- Travels With Myself...
Julian Plenti- Julian Plenti... Is Skyscraper
Grammatics- Grammatics.

With Tupolev Ghost, Twilight Sad, Sonic Youth, Brand New, Maybeshewill and Fuck Buttons and a spate of loverly EPs bringing up there rear.

Nobody forget about Future of the Left, that's gonna rank well after that DiS review which basically said that the FOTL singer (falko?) reckons his band should be mega-big and maybe they should. and it was pretty early in the year, maybe in the should of the AC hype.

Hope something off-the-wall gets in there, like White Denim. Or maybe that Veils record Sean likes so much. That's a good-un. Too bad our mainman doesn't dig the chillwave stuff, but I expect Memory Tapes will place in the top 20. Fever Ray is a top tenner. That's as far as my guessing goes...

I think St. Vincent will definitely rank pretty high; I feel like there's been a mention of her in articles at least once a week since Actor came out, and they're almost always talking about how phenomenal Actor was. And I tend to agree, which is great. So, something with these acts in some order or another...